Great - my {bootmgr} shows
Windows Boot Manager
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identifier {bootmgr}
device unknown
description Windows Boot Manager
How do I rename it to partition=C:
Many thanks
"hnyman" wrote:
Quote:
> "saber0091" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
> news:8c272e5d13fdb09fcf5d5a88b313ae3a@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote:
> >
> > That's great dude, cheers on figuring it out. It's interesting to see
> > your process, and I hope that you are still following this thread
> > because I would be immensely grateful if you could condense all of that
> > long post into a simple how-to from start to finish. It's a bit hard to
> > follow you in some places.
>
> As it is a complicated process and you need to understand, I wanted to give
> the background how I found the solution. The walk-through of the solution is
> pretty clearly labeled as SOLUTION there in the bottom part of my original
> message...
>
> But in any case, here is just the "Solution" part a bit reformatted:
>
> SOLUTION
>
> 1) The other non-locked files (bootmgr, bootsect.bak and \boot-directory's
> files) are manually copied to S: drive. Be careful to copy all hidden files,
> and to copy to correct places...
>
> 2) Current BCD system store is exported to S:
> Quote:
> > bcdedit /export S:\Boot\BCD
>
> 3) The function pointers in that new store file (boot manager, memory
> tester, legacy OS loader) are one by one set by using BCDEDIT to point to
> the newly copied files on volume S: instead of D:
> Quote:
> > bcdedit /store S:\Boot\BCD /set {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}
> > device partition=S:
> > bcdedit /store S:\Boot\BCD /set {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d}
> > device partition=S:
> > bcdedit /store S:\Boot\BCD /set {466f5a88-0af2-4f76-9038-095b170dc21c}
> > device partition=S:
>
> 4) Vista Boot sector is copied to S: using Vista DVD media and 'BOOTSECT
> /NT60 S: /FORCE' command from that DVD while still in normal Vista. (This
> part should be one from repair console command prompt of booted Vista DVD if
> the target disk has the operating system (C: for me) or is otherwise used by
> Vista. Instead 'S:' also 'ALL' can be used to force the boot sector to be
> copied to all partitions.)
> Quote:
> > VistaDVD:\BOOT\BOOTSECT /NT60 S: /FORCE
>
> 5) Active bit in partition table is changed to S: before rebooting by using
> DISKPART (or Disk Management console)
> Quote:
> > DISKPART
> > select disk 0
> > select partition 4
>
> Then a reboot.
>
> ----
>
> So, this is a way to move Vista BCD boot manager data to another partition,
> using only Microsoft's own tools for the transfer and remaining inside a
> normally running Vista. The Vista DVD media is needed at just one point for
> running the BOOTSECT command from the media.
>
> As your config is likely slightly different, i.e. regarding drive letters,
> you may need to modify commands correspondingly.
>
>
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